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Tachi-S Engineering U.S.A. Inc. Sponsors Family in Need for the Holidays

5 December 1997

Tachi-S Engineering U.S.A. Inc. Sponsors Family in Need for the Holidays

    FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Dec. 5 -- Farmington Hills based
Tachi-S Engineering U.S.A. Inc., a supplier of automotive seating, recently
contacted the Capuchin Soup Kitchen in Detroit, MI regarding the sponsorship
of a family in need for the holiday season.
    "I contacted and am working with Father Jim Leary and Brother Rick Samon
at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen," said Christina Fenech, Human Resource
Administrator for Tachi-S Engineering.  "Together we have selected a family to
sponsor that includes a single mother and her four children.  We will be
helping them during this holiday season by providing them with a Christmas
food basket, clothes, toys, and other needed household supplies."
    "Tachi-S Engineering employees are also getting into the holiday spirit,"
adds Christina Fenech.  "They have decided to participate in the Toys For Tots
program and a canned food drive.  This is my first Christmas holiday with
Tachi-S Engineering and I'm very glad to see that the company and its
employees understand the true meaning of the holiday season, giving."
    Tachi-S Engineering currently supplies design, engineering, prototype, and
testing services for automotive seating systems to OEM's and Tier 1 suppliers.
Tachi-S Engineering U.S.A. Inc. is a 100% subsidiary of Tachi-S Co., Ltd.,
Tokyo, Japan.  Tachi-S Co., Ltd. is the largest independent seating supplier
in Japan, supplying to nine of eleven Japanese OEM's.
    Information about Tachi-S Engineering U.S.A. Inc. and its services is
available on the Internet at http://www.tachi-s.com.

SOURCE  Tachi-S Engineering U.S.A. Inc.